In Hate Video, US Coder Says Indians Have ‘Ravished’ Midwest

Amid rising instances of hate crime in the US, an anti-immigration website has caused alarm among the already troubled Indian-American community after featuring a video showing a man secretly filming Indian families at an Ohio park and commenting that the "Indian crowd" has "ravished the Mid-west".

The video titled 'Welcome to Columbus Ohio Suburbs: Let's Take a Walk to Indian Park' according to BuzzFeed News has been created by 66-year-old computer programmer from Virginia named Steve Pushor.

It was posted on the website saveamericanitjobs.org, but according to reports it had initially been posted in August and it only re-surfaced again recently.

In the video, Pushor takes a walk through the park while secretly filming the video. Young children are seen running around and playing on the swings while their parents and guardians watch on.

The Indian crowd has ravished the Midwest. It’s crazy. I ask this question, what happened to all the American people that used to live in this middle, upper-middle class neighbourhood? Where does all this money come from? I’m not saying it’s bad or good. I’m worried about the people that had jobs and worked here.

As he records the video showing some men playing volleyball, Pushor comments that till last year the Indian crowd was playing cricket and they have now turned to volleyball, migrating "towards the American way of life".

As he pans his camera across the unsuspecting crowd, he remarks that the number of people from foreign countries "blows my mind out here".

This is an amazing number of jobs that have been taken away, more than last year or year before. It’s crazy insanity.

Pushor comments on the "traditional outfits" that the Indian women are wearing, saying it is "phenomenally mind blowing".

“Americans Have Lost Their Jobs to Foreign Guest Workers”

Speaking to BuzzFeed News, Pushor defended his video. He added that he is trying to point out that "people in Ohio, IT workers and other professional people, have lost their jobs to foreign guest workers. That's what our point is."

The report said Pushor had initially posted the video in August and it has re-surfaced again recently.

The website saveamericanitjobs.org says its mission is to "save American IT jobs for future generations" and has sections like 'Indian IT Mafia' and posts on 'I lost my job to H1B' and 'the perpetuated H1B scam that is hurting USA IT workers and abusing H1B Indians'.

Concerns over safety have risen among the Indian community in the US following the hate crime shooting of Indian engineer Srinivas Kuchibhotla in Kansas last month.